The XML-based GNDS has been emerging as the state-of-art format for nuclear data. However, the XML file format has complicated structures, and the encoding and decoding of which bring a handful of computing burdens. In this work, the so-called GNDS-JSON format is proposed using JSON instead of XML as a variant data format to the coming GNDS 2.0 standard. With reduced data structural complexity, the data structure of this new format matches naturally with the syntax of most programming languages. Without providing users vendor APIs, the data infrastructure is thinned and entitles users to a nonintrusive integration of data access programming modules, while not sacrificing user experience. Moreover, compared to existing JSON schema for the GNDS data in the XML format, a new JSON schema is proposed for direct validation of data in the GNDS-JSON format. As an initial attempt, a set of minimal JSON schema has been demonstrated, which is enough for the description of the neutron reaction data of 364 (out of 372) materials from BROND 3.1, 272 materials from the CENDL 3.2, 557 materials from the ENDF/B-VIII.0, 550 (out of 562) materials from JEFF 3.3, 406 materials from JENDL 4.0, 795 materials from JENDL 5.0, and 628 (out of 2,813) materials from TENDL 2021. The set of new JSON schema, converted data files in GNDS-JSON and example data accessing codes are opensourced for community feedback. A resonance cross section reconstruction code is in-house developed and verified again

to demonstrate the application of the GNDS-JSON format in nuclear data processing.

Open-source repository: jihulab.com/newcomputelab/gndsjson

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The present study focused on improving the hot ductility and magnetic properties of PC Permalloy. An alloy with a chemical composition of 78.5 mass%Ni-4.3 mass%Mo-2.2 mass%Cu-0.47 mass%Mn-Fe exhibits the optimum permeability, with μ0.005 of 411,200 and μm of 437,400. The P-value of the alloy was 3.43. Addition of Boron caused undesirable deterioration of magnetic properties, while the effects of Magnesium and Calcium on magnetic properties were small. Mill trials using a 50-ton electric furnace revealed that PC Permalloy with a composition of 78.6 mass%Ni-4.2 mass%Mo-2.1 mass%Cu-0.57 mass%Mn-14 ppmCa-4 ppmS-Fe exhibits extremely high permeability (i.e., μ0.005, 233,000 to 499,000; μm, 368,000 to 568,000). High-permeability alloy sheets were obtained by controlling the P-value in the range of 3.45 to 3.49. The hot ductility of the alloy was markedly improved, and ingots and slabs were hot rolled without any corner cracks.

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Conventional Nyquist folding receiver (NYFR) uses zero crossing rising (ZCR) voltage times to control the RF sample clock, which is easily affected by noise. Moreover, the analog and digital parts are not synchronized so that the initial phase of the input signal is lost. Furthermore, it is assumed in most literature that the input signal is in a single Nyquist zone (NZ), which is inconsistent with the actual situation. In this paper, we propose an improved architecture denominated as a dual-channel NYFR with adjustable local oscillator (LOS) and an information recovery algorithm. The simulation results demonstrate the validity and viability of the proposed architecture and the corresponding algorithm.

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女性ファッション雑誌の表紙における色彩分布の特徴を調べた．表紙の画像データから得られる9個の特徴量を用いて，クラスタ分析を行い，雑誌を分類した．その結果，まず女性ファッション雑誌の表紙は，他のジャンルの雑誌とは明らかに区別されることがわかった．また女性ファッション雑誌は，対象とするファッション系統によってそれぞれ特徴的な表紙を有することもわかった．また，因子分析によって特徴量を要約し，4 個の因子（あざやかさ，明るさ＋細かさ，多色相性，トーンコントラスト）を得た．ティーン系の雑誌では「明るさ＋細かさ」および「多色相性」の因子得点が高いこと，モード系の雑誌では「多色相性」の因子得点が著しく低いこと，ストリート系の雑誌では「トーンコントラスト」の因子得点が高いことなどがわかった．また，平均彩度と平均明度については雑誌による差異が明確であったが，色相についてはほとんど差異がなく，女性ファッション雑誌の表紙の平均色相はどれも赤からオレンジの領域にあることがわかった．

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In this study, we investigated the effects of procedural fairness (fair and no fair) and success rate on self-interest behavior. We compared a fair procedure condition that provides detail information regarding colleagues’ cost structure and their willingness to sacrifice with an unfair condition without such information. Participants were assigned into two success rate groups: low and high. We expected that individuals who encountered a higher success rate condition were inclined toward a self-interest choice. Ultimately, we hypothesized that procedural fairness and success rate have an interaction effect on self-interest behavior. We conducted a controlled laboratory experiment to investigate individual decision process in a standard costing setting. The participants were 136 undergraduate business students enrolled in management accounting classes at three large private universities that acted to be the managers in a production department. They completed an experimental task on computer. The result of our experiment indicated a mitigating effect of procedural fairness on the individuals’ self-interest behavior once the individuals realized the pressure of cost reduction process. The findings allow concluding that both self-interest and social preferences are guiding motivational factors of individual behavior. The findings indicated that people are willing to pursue organizational goals on the expense of their personal benefits. The results also showed the process of encouraging employees to undertake projects that decrease their current benefit but potentially have future organizational payoff. However, we did not find the interaction effect between procedural fairness and success rate.

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A new architecture, denoted as the Nyquist folding digital receiver (NYFDR), to compress the data for signal interception is presented. The NYFDR is a digital version of the Nyquist folding receiver (NYFR). Simulation results show that the NYFDR has advantages over NYFR in the detection of Nyquist zone. Moreover, the data rate and resource consumption of the NYFDR are less than those of the digital channelized receiver (DCR).

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The carrion beetle, Eusilpha japonica, is a carrion feeder that roams on forest floors searching for carrion. A field survey using pitfall traps with putrefied meat or without meat was carried out to examine the effect of carrion odor on the attraction of adults in the cedar forest. The sex distribution of the beetles captured in the pitfall traps suggested that the carrion odor might attract females more strongly than males. The distribution pattern showed that males might search for mates as well as for food. The daily food intake of adults collected in the field was measured in the laboratory. Lone females fed on the meat twice as much as lone males. A positive relationship between the cumulative quantity of food intake until the first brood and the clutch size suggested that the quantity of food intake during the pre-oviposition period was critical.

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This paper seeks to point out the striking similarities which English and (Tokyo) Japanese show concerning the linguistic conditions on the prosodic compound formation process (PCFP). Based on the results of an original study of Japanese compound nouns (cf. Kubozono 1987, 1988, forthcoming), three types of conditions-semantic, branching and rhythmic-are proposed as linguistic factors that commonly constrain the prosodic process in the two languages. This suggests that languages may show a considerable similarity at the abstract level of speech production despite the differences in the phonetic effects of prosodic processes per se. It also suggests that (at least) some conditions on rules and processes are to be defined in the general linguistic theory rather than in the grammar of a specific language.

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Midbrain dopamine neurons are key components of the brain’s reward system. These neurons are excited by reward and sensory stimuli predicting reward, while they are inhibited by reward omission. These excitatory and inhibitory responses have been shown to play important roles in reward learning and positive motivation. However, it was unknown which parts of the brain provide dopamine neurons with reward-related signals necessary for their responses. Recent studies showed evidence that the lateral habenula, part of the structure called the epithalamus, is a good candidate for a source of reward-related signals in dopamine neurons. The lateral habenula projects to midbrain structures such as the substantia nigra pars compacta and ventral tegmental area which contain dopamine neurons. Electrical stimulation of the lateral habenula inhibits dopamine neuron activity. Neurons in the lateral habenula also encode reward-related signals but in an opposite manner to dopamine neurons (i.e., they are inhibited by reward and sensory stimuli predicting reward, and excited by reward omission). These findings suggest that the lateral habenula transmits reward-related signals to dopamine neurons by inhibiting them.

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当院では, 透析患者にできるだけ負担のかからない透析をするために, 特に血流量と小分子除去率に着目してノモグラムを作成し, 透析量を決定してきた. その結果BUNの除去率が60-65%のとき, 臨床症状の発現頻度が最も少なく, この除去率をもとにしてurea kineticsによる, kt/v, pcr, TACを求めて検討した.
対象は透析患者125名中, DM, SLE等を除く91名である. Urea kineticsの重要なパラメータ (kt/v, pcr, TAC) について統計的解析を行い, また新たなノモグラムを作成するために, 単位体重当りの膜面積 (X) と血流量 (Y) およびkt/v (Z) による重回帰分析を行った.
kt/vはpcrと正の相関を示し (r=0.498), pcrはTACと正の相関 (r=0.737) を示した. しかしkt/vとTACの間には相関が認められなかった (r=0.110).
重回帰分析の結果は, Z=-20X+0.428Y+0.11で重相関計数は0.76であった.
以上のことより透析量の増大は蛋白異化を亢進し, 平均尿索濃度を上昇させる. 従って透析効率を必要以上に上昇させることはかえって好ましくないことが示唆された. また重回帰分析の結果では, kt/vは血流量の影響が大であり, 膜面積にはあまり左右されなかった. 目標とされるkt/vは1.0-1.2であり, この透析量を得るには膜面積が0.02-0.025m²/kgで血流量を3.0-3.5ml/min/kgに設定することで十分である.
至適透析には, 過不足のない透析量の設定が重要であることを再確認した.

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We examined how a psychological characteristic, namely advisor Big five personality moderate the influence of financial advice on investor futures trading. This research tested the hypotheses based on the unique data set collected from 408 investor-advisor dyads in Chinese futures market. Our results provide empirical evidence that the use of financial advice leads investors to trade more futures contracts when advisor personality tends to be openness, conscientiousness, and extraversion. On the other hand, financial advice negatively affects futures trading when the personality of advisors is likely to be neurotic. This research posits that retail investors trade differently if their advisors have a specific personality and therefore the investor trading patterns could be partly explained by exogenous supply-side factors. We suggest that the psychological characteristics of advisors can be relevant factors for policymakers in the financial services industry in order to improve their business.

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野生オナガガモ(Anas acuta)の血漿総タンパク測定法について比較検討した。ビウレット法に基づくウエットケミストリー法およびドライケミストリー法による血漿総タンパク測定値(平均±標準偏差,以下同)は,それぞれ3.51±0.35g/dLと3.49±0.35g/dLであり,2法による測定値間には有意な相関が認められ(p<0.001,r=0.9763),この測定値が本種の冬季における参考値になると考えた。屈折計による測定値は3.86±0.45g/dLで,他の2法で求められた値に比べると10%ほど高値を示した。屈折計とウエットケミストリー法もしくはドライケミストリー法による測定値間にはそれぞれ有意な相関が認あられた(p<0.001,r=0.9414およびp<0.001,r=0.9251)。屈折計測定値からウエットケミストリー分析法の測定値は,以下の換算式より求あられた。
y(g/dL)=0.738x(g/dL)+0.659
ただし,xは屈折計による測定値,yはウエットケミストリー法による測定値。

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This report describes a nondestructive measurement on average burnup of irradiated fuel rods with use of a Ge(Li) detector. In order to obtain the average burnup directly and to simplify measurement and analysis, the γ-ray spectrum from the irradiated fuel rod was measured by scanning along the whole length of the rod. The total absorption peaks for the 0.662MeV (¹³⁷Cs) and the 2.18MeV (¹⁴⁴Pr) γ-rays were used in the analysis, and the peak areas were estimated by Covell's method. The absolute value of overqge burnup was determined by comparison of the peak area with that of a standard fuel rod.
The accuracy of the nondestructive measurement is discussed on the basis of an accurate value from destructive analysis. The result shows that it is possible to give the average burnup with good accuracy when the ratio of the peak height for ¹³⁷Cs to the Compton background is larger than about 1.5, that is, after about 1 year of cooling.

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The Nyquist folding receiver (NYFR) is a novel analog-to-information architecture, which can achieve wideband receiving with a small amount of system resource. The NYFR uses a radio frequency (RF) non-uniform sampling to realize wideband receiving, and the practical RF non-uniform sample pulse train usually contains an aperture. Therefore, it is necessary to investigate the aperture impact on the NYFR output. In this letter, based on the NYFR output signal to noise ratio (SNR), the aperture impact on the NYFR is analyzed. Focusing on the aperture impact, the corresponding NYFR output signal power and noise power are given firstly. Then, the relation between the aperture and the output SNR is analyzed. In addition, the output SNR distribution containing the aperture is investigated. Finally, combing with a parameter estimation method, several simulations are conducted to prove the theoretical aperture impact.

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